The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-27

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COL. JAMES FISK.
few OF which struck members Of the Ninth
Regiment, who were In position at Eighth ave-
Twenty fourth street. Other accounts say that
thS shot as same nSs,1 1TSm enc S e the ssIdie Hox s,t,ss,
signal for the horrible, scene which followed.
crowd. Then. came volleys from both the
Sixth Sss d and J Ninth ,, RRssim 9na .,no The c, siSnta w sMs1
Dozens OF bodles-men, women, and children
s sTSnm'e 9! u the w !es n SsS2un rsns inc out sh aSave a the
noise caused by the feet OF the vast mob, nov
In consequence of this reckless. wholesale
shooting on the part Of the military, no less
Including u policeman and 4. soldier. ,a
Col jim Fisk, who yas In OF HIS
fei slory d hpn n9t t S2seF oc s,@sSai Win In " WAS OH
fired he aismounied with considerable alacrity
scaling n back yard fence he at length found
shelter III in n,i : house us,, g On b,1 TWeGfty-th'r sl, strGet;
It h1 WITH n ]%it f,s S:% eleth N hi and d" m%ds rapid aEtdi" Zine
TO the North River, whore he Not aboard u tug.
The next heard Of him was that he was at
cret' which he would never disclose, Neither
did he ever give any explicit explanation of the
the sSss sesH wh 1i the ts' d is nis nnss.'"'Xaifft e ,!'i he r miii,
tary had fired upon the crowd, and the doad
and wounded had been removed to the hos
cesslon marched to the Cooper Institute In
comparative SILENCE and disbanded. ,.-,,,
in six months he would be shot down on the
stairway OF the Grand Central Hotel by his
rival. Stokes. This. Geyever' occurred on the
There is an Incident connected with tho trial
Of Stokes which has hitherto escaped publica;
james Jam. i s. Centre, ,rs He He was VA formerly a member
OF the police force. and is now, ! believe, a pri-
vate detective, Grave a suspicious ndo s,, were t enter ter.
Jury ,fxers.", and there were certainly good
grounds for these suspicious. SO much so. in
for contempt OF court. having boasted at Harry
Hills place that he would save Stokes from the
saIIow " at Mon the 1 Fne , tiEe a diIspIa ,Ga ;r 2 isr &c
was sentenced to u short Imprisonment
some few weeks subsequent to his rSlease'
Ho had been drinking, freely, and, taking a
$1,000 bill out of his pocket. said he could beat
n MY man tsIt in = the %a r9G nam at Tr sisya sioz At,er , sG%e
With him. The stakes were the drinks. Centre
put lHt fI,OtO olll pdCk Ill hlS u poShct ullN
prepared for the struggle: A space was cleared
and the two went at It. Gordon, though an ex-
pert neri, wrestler ,ssdsn was va Ss sdyanced d in 1b ysa5s' a s9a %s5
Of hts defeat. Gordon quickly left the saloon.
In a, few minutes Centre discovered that no
Pirate arrested. No proof. however. was
forthGoming at the examination and Gordon
Meeting Gordon one day as I was walking
along West street. 1 said:
"Hullo. Steve, they tell me you can't wrestle.'
snI 90 I nun q lii fla " T. q lnfinn'a nlv
But understand Centre threw you.
'n?Y Yss:' sa slSdlo H. Centre throwed me, but I
won his money"
WHAT THE SUPER" HAS TO DO.
To explain in, detail the Varied work, which
falls to the lot Of the Police Superintendent in
s Msw Give fer on Eo a Sris Sfs sHeieh % 81 Rls P e]ssnpio s" du.
enforced by those Of the night. arc barely sufi-
cient 20 meet Ill tho requirements OF the situa-
ton. 1t was my habit to DO at the, Office
promptlya at 8 O'Clock in the morning, and with
to remain there until 8 o'clock at night. Sun
day was never q day Of rest to me. | was, III
ways prepared for night work. and was FIRE;
hours, 1t was also M, duty to BE- Present at
al riots; serious fires. SiG:b Al Adny ya t iiH * rsGIt;
WI Th s'St2 siiy mail i% y 9 Ssw York Superintendent
81 Police Is very large; Everyybod t5 n the uhit tea
sides the letters from this country. he gets
communications from all over the world. Ev-
bin; and in addition to a great deal Of trivial
Isaebss No 6i small bnss ap Sonds. OF fi%R e bniE Of P HIS . eers
OF having been "swindied." In most cases Of
this kind even a eursory examination Of the
suspicion themselves. The arievnnces are
many, Some NJ say they have Dsf sent td 5000 L m me
s sSddee aot gsd " fGee'f Sut t0bS!n anf paper MH.e or 81 sa tydufa.
Others expected to obtain q 1850 piano for So;
a $50 sewing machine for 81; or a $40 wa ,Lner
denounce tie swindlsr" tS tho spperinten-
attention. Bnt Whenever it was clear that a
fraud or swindle had been perpotrated. ! al;
ways did the best l could to make 1t warm"
With letters Of this kind there come to the
sanerinten4Gn Inquiries dsm m N \ MS nls, closest Srst
vate. Or family. character. 4 man Is naying
attention - a woman who lives a Thousand
rcpute; '"Tlisre Is something," says Tie writer,
tlsman Who sues ior, ,he, lady's hand. Viii
sa%S nv Wh &sn II the i,t s,HI}gsIiesspHa lrees Of 9f lSs
Continent Of North America 1t would not suffice
for the numerous and preposterous demands
pie seem to have the Impression that the su;
perintendent. Is mt the head OF q COMMERCIAL
agency, anu II Is not UNUSUAL 10 Hnu IN tno
correspondence requests that tho financial
standing, Erobity, and SO on, Of such and sHch
were possible TO give such INFORMATION as y
creditors, the Superintendent would be per-
fcctly willing to impart all he knows: but in
most cases he Is helpless.
On every day In, tho year the office Of tho
Superintendent IL In communication with the
leading cities Of the United States in regard to
business which is particularly within hts PROV
ince-the whereabouts and conduct Of crimi-
mails; 4 robbery y committed; apd the perpe-
description o. him is Immediately sent to the
New York police. Or perhaps u burglary has
stealthily making his way TO some other place.
II we have a photograph OF the supposed cul-
struck 2ff and forwarded, together with printed
s Glen, 10 all parts Of the country.
Foreign letters are frequent.
English, Irish, Scotch, and persons Of all other
United States land In South America even,
somesipesl; write to the Superintendent to
A considerable portion OF the Superinten-
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